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Definition of trillion
1 : a number equal to 1,000 times one billion — see number table
2 : an indeterminately large number a trillion mosquitoes out tonight
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The alternative, coastal flooding, could do trillions of dollars in damage annually.
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Every cubic centimeter of space averages roughly 350 primordial neutrinos lingering from the big bang, and every second, the sun sends trillions of higher-energy neutrinos streaming through each of us.
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Each of the tens of trillions of cells in your body has, in effect, the complete set of keys to the kingdom.
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The U.S. then got a fleeting taste of old-fashioned military glory in the First Gulf War — which only tempted it to waste trillions on humiliating military fiascos in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Trillions more of investor dollars are tied to additional MSCI global indexes.
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New research suggests a link between trillions of bugs in our bowels and the effectiveness of immune therapies — drugs that tap the body’s defenses to fight tumors.
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As has been the case for years now, these technology giants sit on trillions of dollars in cash, are growing at a breakneck pace and, compared with companies in earlier tech frenzies, do not have absurd valuations.
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It was estimated by 2035 that the U.S. would have seen trillions lost in GDP, a double-digit percent increase in household electricity costs, and several hundred thousand jobs eliminated.
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Origin and Etymology of trillion
French, from tri- + -illion (as in million)
TRILLION Defined for English Language Learners
trillion
playDefinition of trillion for English Language Learners
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: the number 1,000,000,000,000 : one thousand billion
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: a very large amount or number
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: the number 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 : one million million million
TRILLION Defined for Kids
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